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and tenure, training, salaries, and old-age pensions of rural teachers; and a 

 brief summary of the author's impressions, with some applications to American 

 life. 



Agriculture in elementary schools, J. P. McLknnan (Ed. CI a::;, and Teachers' 

 Aid, IdlJf, June 29, Sup., pp. 19, pgs. 6). — The author outlines worli in agricul- 

 ture for elementary schools in Victoria, Australia, including theoretical instruc- 

 tion and laboratory and i)lat ex]ieriments in soils, plants, crops, and forestry. 

 Appendixes relate to work suitable for daii-ying, fruit growing, wheat growing, 

 and irrigation districts, raising trees from seed at state .schools, and the vege- 

 table garden. 



[Reading courses in agriculture and home ecouomics] (Cornell Reading 

 Courses, 2 (191S), Xos. J,0, pp. l.',5-156, figs. 6; J,2, pp. 157-18J,, figs. 6; J,!,, pp. 

 185-200, figs. 10; JfG, pp. 201-219. figs. 7; J,8, pp. 221-2J,0, figs. 11; 3 (1913), Nos 

 50, pp. 1-28, figs. 18; 52, pp. 29-J,-',, figs. 8; 53, pp. 73-8J,. figs. 2; 3 (191Jf), Nos. 

 57, pp. 105-1.',G. fig. 1; 59, pp. 11,9-187, figs. 27; GO, pp. 117-131, pis. /,, fig. 1; 61, 

 pp. 189-204, pi. 1, figs. 21; 62, pp. 133-161,, figs. 4; 63, pp. 205-212, figs. 3; 64, 

 pp. 165-212, figs. 33; 65, pp. 213-254, figs. 30; 66, pp. 213-228, figs. 8; 67, pp. 

 257-264, figs. 3; 68, pp. 229-248, figs. 13; 69, pp. 265-284, figs. 6; 70, pp. 249-271, 

 figs. 11; 71, pp. 285-295, figs. 9; 72, pp. 273-291, figs, i/,).— These bulletins offer 

 instruction in the following subjects : County, town, and village forests ; tilth 

 and tillage of the soil; methods of breeding oats; feeding and care of the 

 horse; culture of the cherry; nature, effects, and maintenance of humus in the 

 soil; culture of the blackberry; the Christmas festiA'al ; a syllabus of lessons 

 for extension schools in home economics; sewage disposal for country homes; 

 farm butter making; attic dust and treasures; methods of determining the 

 value of timber in the farm woodlot ; the young woman on the farm ; the rural 

 school and the community; farmhouse amusements for girls and boys; meadows 

 in New York ; canning clubs in New York State — organization, principles, and 

 methods of canning, and canning equipment; improving the potato crop by 

 selection; soil moisture and crop production; and culture of the grai>e. 



Finding time for agriculture, G. M. Wilson (Iowa Agr., 15 (1914), No. 4, 

 pp. 242-244).— In this article the author illu.strates, taking arithmetic and 

 spelling as examples, how time may be .saved for instruction in agriculture, 

 home economics, and manual training, by omitting useless or obsolete material 

 in other subjects. 



Methods of instruction in soils in the high-school curriculum, H. Bode 

 (Eiihn Arch., 5 (1914), pp. 4'--^-450). — ^The author discusses methods of instruc- 

 tion in soils as a fundamental pnncii)le in (1) soil cultivation and plant food 

 and (2) land valuation in the higher agricultural education institutions of 

 Germany, and suggests an outline of subject matter for the winter and summer 

 semesters. 



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Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1914 (U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Rpts. 1914, PP- V-\-359). — This contains the reports of the Secretary and heads 

 of bureaus and other administrative officers. The various reports are also 

 issued as separates. 



Twenty-seventh Annual Report of Alabama College Station, 1914 (Ala- 

 hama Col. Sta. Rpt. 1914, PP- 38). — This contains the organization list, a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, and reports of the 

 director and heads of departments on the work and publications of the station 

 during the year. The report of the veterinarian is abstracted on page 783 of 

 this issue. 



